Nine-tiered fairy lotus

Chapter 66 Energy Merit and Reiki

There are small gates on the left and right of the Tianwang Hall, and the south gate is the entrance. He bought a ticket, entered it, and then arrived at the Zhantan Hall.A building with hexagonal double eaves and pointed roofs on a hexagonal platform comes into view. The plaque reads Zhan (zhān) Sandalwood Hall. This hall has two floors on the outside. The cloister and the hall enshrine a standing sandalwood Buddha with hand-knotted Dharma seals. This is the unique building of this temple.

The couplet on the pillars outside the main entrance: "A wind blows the trees like thunder roaring, which is really a cool state; the beautiful birds of the four seasons play wonderful sounds, really like the Palace of Paradise." There is Sakyamuni Buddha in the hall, but it is not the common style of sitting in lotus. Instead, stand on the altar.Because the standing Buddha is carved out of sandalwood, it is named Sandalwood Buddha.

According to records, when Shakyamuni went to the Rao Litian to speak for his mother, King Udayan of ancient India ordered the first man-made Buddha statue because of the pain of seeing it.At that time, primitive Buddhism had many taboos such as "the Buddha's body cannot be measured", and the sculptor could not look directly at the Buddha's portrait, so he had to ask the Buddha to stand by the river and use the image reflected in the water to describe it. Going up, because the first statue of Sakyamuni carved by King Udayan with sandalwood was carved according to the image in the water, it is also called "Zhaofo" and Zhantan Buddha statue.

Sincerely, Emperor Qianlong said in a poem: "To this day, Zhantan statues are painted in water." Later, all statues of Sakyamuni with this standing posture, no matter what material they are made of, are all called Zhantan Buddha.

There is also a touching story about the Dailuoding Zhantan Hall built during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.This story is engraved on the stone tablet erected during the Kangxi period on the right side of the Hall of Heavenly Kings: It is said that during the Kangxi period, a virtuous and respected Lizen monk practiced here, and he was unable to go to bed for 13 years.A wooden pillar was erected in the center of the open space, and he took this wooden pillar as the Buddha in his mind, and worshiped devoutly every day, never slacking off.Finally, he practiced Ding Chan and became an eminent monk named "Li Chan Monk".

There are many tourists visiting here, and the energy extends from the inside of the temple to the outside of the temple. Just standing next to it, you can feel that the energy intensity is similar to that of the Temple of Heavenly Kings.Hu Tu narrowed his eyes, "watching" the light wall of the lotus platform space getting redder and redder, smiling all over his face.

If you just stand in a certain place, you will be noticed because it is special, so Hu Tu walked around inside and outside the Zhantan Hall, pretending to be an ordinary tourist.He didn't dare to move the Buddha statue inside, only outside
Finally, he looked back and forth in front of the 16 three-dimensional Chinese paintings around the outside of the hall, which described 16 stories of Buddhist scriptures and told the deeds of Sakyamuni's transformation.They look very new, and a layman like Hu Tu can tell that this is not an old thing.

However, there is a lot of energy remaining on it. When he touched it with his hand, a faint energy flowed into the space like flowing water, and the color of the light wall changed from pink to deep pink, and slowly turned to red. progressive.Circles of colored light circles bloom on the light wall. If the drizzle falls on the water, there will be waves like a dream.

"I don't know where the energy in it comes from. These paintings are neither gold nor jade, nor are they antiques. How can there be so much energy?" Hu Tu was a little puzzled by this, and he analyzed, "And even There are such energies all around, and there are so many temples and Buddha statues, all of which are related to Buddha. Could it be some special energy of Buddhism?" After comparing all his experiences, he came to a reasonable conclusion, "Since the energy is similar to that of Ganoderma lucidum, it is more likely to be spiritual energy. It is also possible to have a little more spiritual energy in the mountains, holy places of Buddhism. For the time being Call it that!"

There is an obvious contradiction in this judgment. If it is aura, how can it be explained that there is more aura in the Buddha statue?I'm afraid it's hard to convince people to use only the word religion.If it is merit, where does the merit come from in Ganoderma lucidum?
It's just that there are too few clues so far to make a simple judgment, so he didn't think deeply.

After absorbing the energy of the sixteen three-dimensional Chinese paintings, which is almost half of the energy of the suet jade carving, Hu Tule danced happily.Peeking into the hall, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said to himself: "Hold it, you can't touch the things inside, there are too many people."

He is very clear that there is a huge amount of spiritual energy in the Buddha statue inside, but he knows even more that greed is not necessarily a good thing.It is undoubtedly very dangerous to swallow spiritual energy inside. Not only is it easy for people to discover his abnormality, but also in case of some special situation, he will be unable to explain it.Only those that can be controlled are suitable, otherwise it will only cause greater harm.

Hu Tu walked to the back of Zhantan Hall and arrived at Wufang Manjusri Hall, which is the main hall of Dailuoding.The hall is 16.5 meters wide and 11 meters deep, with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain, four corridors, and no brackets.There are couplets on both sides of the gate: "Nine grade lotus flowers and lion roaring elephants sing on the top of the snails, and five golden statues sit on the green peak. Ten thousand Bodhisattvas are always surrounded by my dojo. May you sages and sages be sincere in the five holy lands."

In the hall is enshrined a bronze statue of Manjusri in five directions, about 2 meters high, with five statues of Manjusri on top of five platforms.Rutong Manjusri in Central Taiwan, Wisdom Manjusri in Southern Taiwan, Lion Roaring Manjusri in Western Taiwan.Manjusri of the five directions has different expressions, dazzling golden light, solemn and peaceful.

Walking into the Wufang Manjusri Hall on Dailuoding to worship is like going to the top of five platforms to worship Wufang Manjusri, also called "chaotai".The slight difference is that one climbs to the top of the five platforms and worships Manjusri of the five directions, which is called Dachaotai.And those who cannot go to the top of the five platforms to worship for some reason, go to the Wufang Manjusri Hall on the top of Dailuo to worship, which is called "small platform".

There are many people paying homage here, and Hu Tu also imitated the actions of others, knelt on the futon and worshiped three times devoutly, but what he thought in his mind was: "Master Bodhisattva has a lot, don't care about such a small person like me." , I just take some spiritual energy, and I won’t damage the things here. If I get rich in the future, I will make a Buddha statue myself to repay what I took today.”

In order to get through the day safely, he made promises reticently. After he finished speaking, he turned his head and forgot all about it. He never thought about the possibility of fulfilling his promise.In the past, how many times he secretly vowed to study hard, but it didn't work.

The aura around the Wufang Manjusri Hall is stronger than the Zhantan Hall and Tianwang Hall in front, but there is no place here to absorb the aura as easily as the three-dimensional Chinese painting.He turned around and sat cross-legged next to a pillar at the back of the hall. This place is very close to the statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva in the hall, and the aura is stronger than other places.

He smiled and thought, "Although it's not as good as the inside, but it's safe and the water can flow for a long time. Sitting here for an hour can absorb a lot of spiritual energy steadily."

(End of this chapter)